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I couldn’t care less about uber-bimbo Jessica Simpson, who struggles to stay relevant even in the vapid pop culture that embraced her and made her nothingness into something of value. But her recently announced engagement illustrates many points I’ve made over the years about the increasing wimpification of men and defining masculinity down. More and more, men give up their manhood and marry women with money . . . more money than they’ll ever have. And, thus, they give up their status as the man in the relationship. It’s even worse when the chick is the one who buys the engagement ring, because the man can’t afford it.

Girlie-Man Nation: The Real Chick in This Relationship is the One w/Out the Purse

Simpson’s fiance, former NFL player Eric Johnson, wasn’t exactly a household name in football and his talent matched that lack-of-household-name-ness. He played seven seasons in the league, and I never heard of him. Still, in much of those seven years, Johnson was making over $2 million per season. And even after a divorce and resulting property settlement, Johnson–a tall, wealthy Yale grad and real estate investor could probably date and marry almost any woman he wanted. But he picks one of the few women in the world who make more than he does. Even though her singing and showbiz career is largely a failure and soooo over, Simpson’s trendy shoes, jewelry, accessories, and clothing lines reportedly make her more than $10 million a year in licensing fees for the use of her name. And she also has a profitable perfume line. Simpson’s supposed to be worth around $100 million.

And now, we learn that Simpson–NOT the guy who will marry her–reportedly bought her expensive four-carat ruby and diamond engagement ring, worth over $100,000. (Is she the one who proposed, too? Don’t doubt it.) I can’t understand how a guy wouldn’t be embarrassed with stories like this breaking about him. It’s so emasculating, and people don’t look at him like the man in the relationship. . . ‘cuz he isn’t. He’s essentially handed his testicles over to the coat-check, never to be redeemed (or maybe at the divorce).

Sure, being married to a woman with $100 mill means never having to worry about the electric and phone bills. But it also means you have no power in the relationship. Instead, you’re the trophy wife with a penis. You’ve relinquished up something that all the money in the world can’t buy (despite what some transsexuals might claim): masculinity.

Why would any guy who is worth a lot and could have a relationship with nearly any woman and still be the man in the relationship, give that up to be the chick to Jessica Simpson? Anyone who does that is not a man.

It’s something we see way too much of in the rest of America. Even before the bad economy took hold, more and more men married women who earned much more than they did. More and more men married women who played the man and earned the money, while they stayed home and played Mr. Mom (Todd Palin alert). It’s not good for American society. As I always note, matriarchies fail. Societies with weak men–with girlie-men, with men who assume the roles of women–aren’t the ones that survive.

It’s beyond sad. Men who willingly play the chick in their relationships and marriages are pathetic. And the death of America as a strong nation.

I mean, really, why are men telling TSA screeners not to touch their “junk,” when so many of them have already handed their junk over in exchange for a man-purse and an apron?

I agree…I think Deb should be given a tast of her own bullying medicine. First of all, wether Jessica is worthless is her opinion…why is it necessary to say it publicly or at all? especially considering that it has no relevance whatsoever to the article even. I think the next article written for her should be ‘why can’t american’s express an opinion without being so unnessarsirily insulting…is that the only way they believe they can effectively influence poeple? Perhaps we should mock her last name and label her a ‘nothing nazi’…wonder if she would appreciate that. Actually, who cares?

Debbie I’ll be honest with you, on this one I don’t care. The personal and private lives of uber liberal Hollywood weirdo’s, washed up NFL players and has been recording artists have no meaning for me. If Simpson want’s to rent out this guy penis for awhile, at least until the divorce, well she’s got the money. The feminization of our society has been going on for a long time. It’s one of the reasons I don’t watch television. I’m sick and tired of men being portrayed as incompetent, sex addled, mindless, helpless childlike morons.

The “Conservatives” and GOP are going to make an hot looking cougar in a tight skirt their leader. These so-called strong men of the GOP are going to vote for a dim bulb. Yes there aren’t any strong GOP men willing to take on this wacky woman from Wasila. Who will have the stones to tell Sarah Palin she ain’t fit to be President and this is a man’s job to lead the world’s strongest military? Romney, Pence, Huckabee, Jindal, Barber,

Who cares? As a conservative, I feel that the relationship between two people is their business, not mine. I am tired of the media bombarding us with tacky stories about celebrities. I am more interested in the fact that Islamic men and women are not going to be searched below the shoulders, while the TSA employees are going to reach third base with the rest of us.

As to women making more $$ than man, don’t blame the man. Blame Sexual quotas and affirmative action. In government, and in many sectors of the private sector, if you are a white male, highly qualified, and you are up for a position against a woman, any race, with some or no qualifications, the woman is picked for the job. In the Federal Government, white men without connections are left in the promotion dust and unqualified women become their bosses, and promote other people based on their sex, race, and sexual orientation.

Don’t blame the man all the time. Blame the damnable liberals who have made white straight men third class citizens, with less rights than an illegal alien.

“The problem is that the ring that he does buy is not good enough for her to be seen in.”

Ding, ding, ding! A lot of women upgrade or add things to their engagement ring. That’s what she probably would have done anyways to any ring he gave her. Even if he doled out 50K for a ring, she probably would have added 95,000 worth of diamonds to it herself.

A woman who places great emphasis on material worth isn’t a woman a guy should be looking to marry. The true qualities are not seen and can’t be bought at any price. And with our society’s obsession with youth, beauty, fame and the fleeting pursuit of riches, they get overlooked.

What is worse is the royal engagement. You would think that a utopian paradise has been created. I have never seen so many news organizations especially NBC fawn all over Prince Harry and Kate. We are Americans, so what who cares. Britain is a fading society that still follows this nonsense while many people can’t find jobs and Islamic Fascists have spread in England.

What person today in England would truly want to pay taxes to support this outmoded custom. She is not even that pretty and mumbles too much. He looks almost as goofy as his father.

I share Debbie’s theory on it. If you have to advertise to the world how much you’re in love, there’s nothing there.

And there’s plenty of evidence to back it up in the form of numerous failed marriages and divorces. Cuz when we look beyond the rich girl angle, we see a woman who is very insecure about being with the man’s she with.

So I have to disagree somewhat with Debbie: you can buy almost anything in this world if you have money but I have yet to see it buy love.

I’ll go further: I’ll dare say the real power in a relationship rests not with the person doing the buying but with the person who has what money can’t buy. You can dress the woman or the man up but take it away from them and that’s who they really are – its how we come into this world and its how we leave it.

Well, if you are going to erase my comments, I am going to stop reading these stupid stories. Safe to say that would descrease the readership by around 10%… And it is true, the ring that he would have bought her wouldn’t be good enough for her to be seen in, since she is a Hollywood person and they don’t care much about the actual relationship, and more so about how it appears on US Weekly.

Oh. No. I thought her engagement was pathetic to begin with (sorry, but she is so desperate these days) and to find out the fool bought her OWN RING? Is this what feminism wrought? PA-THET-IC!

I enjoy seeing this fool struggle. She had a great hubby, but was a high-maintenanced bee-yotch and left him…and ever since then she has NOT been respected by any of the dopes she has dated. She is a hypocrite fraud and gets more pathetic everyday. Her talentless sister is selling more CDs than she is and she’s a poseur fraud!! I like seeing this fool fail because she owns it!

A ring shouldn’t matter. All she cares about is the whole ‘wedding’ thing. Not the sacred and beautiful thing that marriage should be. These people jump from bed to bed and marriage to marriage and make a mockery of it all.

This guy is a girlieman, yes. Jessica Simpson is a vapid materialistic rich chick who equates a big rock with big love.
So what. It is pretty sad that they even make the news and we even give a damn. I mean how much more boring can you get?

I suppose it is because she is making millions while people are starving and she puts value on rocks instead of love and it is the unfairness of it all that makes it newsworthy.
Either way, he is not going to be around for long I am guessing………….cest la vie……..

If the girl’s need for an expensive engagement ring is more important than the love of a good man, maybe she doesn’t have the power she thinks she has. And if she takes away the one thing a man should still rightfully have, that’s not love, that selfishness personified. Goodness knows we have a lot of that around.

Money and power may be aphrodisiacs but they ain’t love and people should never ever confuse them.

Answer: Debbieschlussel.com is the only place during the course of my day to day existence where I occasionally encounter any of their names. I wouldn’t recognize at least half of them in a police line-up, don’t know what a third of them do for a living, and am not even slightly curious about any of their romantic or financial endeavours.

To me, the real tragedy of this story isn’t the whole “Girlie Man” angle, but the fact that so many women actually go out and purchase enough clothing and perfume with this woman’s name on it to make her a multi-millionaire.

$10 million dollars a year from licensing? Estimated worth of $100? What Monopoly Street does she live on? Taylor Swift, who is on fire to the point of radioactivity is estimated to have made $26 million dollars the last year. So Jessica Simpson, who has NO fan base, NO musical hits, NO songwriting credits, NO tour, NO “buzz,” makes 40% of that? Hollywood publicists do this all the time – puff up to absurd levels how much a celebrity makes. If Jessica made $250,000 last year from licensing I’d be shocked.

Debbie I do resent the comments about men marrying women who make more money.

I am a teacher and my wife is an American Sign Language interpreter. She will always have the capacity to make more money than I.

She has recently applied for a job working with the USMC interpreting for the highest commanders. He starting pay, if she were to get the job, would be around $67,000 a year.

I would have to be in my job for around 20 years, with a masters, national certification and getting step increases every year to near that.

Sometimes the amount of money we make is limited by the profession we choose. I certainly did not choose mine to make a ton of money.

KB: There are exceptions to every rule, and you are clearly one of those exceptions. It’s not just about money, though, as I indicated in the piece. Did you buy your wife’s engagement ring, or did she? I’d bet it’s the former. I’m sure that in most aspects of your marriage, you are the man. That clearly isn’t the case in Jessica Simpson’s relationship, where this guy is a trophy wife. This is not personal and not against you. Like I said, I’m sure you are the man in your relationship in every aspect except income. And it sounds like whatever you do for a living is something you chose because you like it and are good at it. Eric Johnson’s new job is as Jessica Simpson’s puppy dog, a decidedly non-male role. DS

Since I grew up in poverty, I have a different view. Men should always want to be the breadwinners, but if a woman wants to move to the next level with the right guy, and he can’t afford the ring she wants, good for her to go get it.

In my view, a guy should buy his sweetheart a ring he can afford and if she wants to upgrade it later, she can. I’m still a stickler for tradition and no man should have to be put into the position of disappointing his true love – and its the promise that should matter more regardless of how classy an engagement ring is and I for one would never buy that kind of ring for a woman even if I could afford it.

Debbie, In our 20 years of marriage my wife has out earned me for 14 or 15 of them. She’s a successful Mary Kay Director. I even did the Mr Mom gig for the 1st 3 years of our little guys life, while working part time at UPS. I don’t think I’d ever trade the time I had with my son for time at a job. I’ve even been seen driving a Pink Cadillac on occasion. Her income recently got us though my 7 months of unemployment after my employer shut down.
I purchased her ring, but she upgraded a couple of years ago. I don’t feel like a girlie man, hope you agree.

In a glance this writing is like a slap in a face for men. However, it is the opposite. It is a blunt wake up call for men to reclaim their manhood, to put back their own testicles and wear ‘em proudly. Simpson and Johnson are just the pawn for this article, a sliver of a bigger underlying problem brewing inside our nation. Solid article. Good work!